anonymized
Made personally unidentifiable
Anonymized describes data or information that has been stripped of identifying details so individuals cannot be traced.
Names, addresses, and other personal markers are removed or replaced: The study used anonymized patient records.
Research ethics often require anonymizing subjects.
The British spelling is anonymised.
Transformed into cipher
- hashedCut into pieces
- tokenizedSplit into meaningful units
- pseudonymizedMade traceable only indirectly
- redactedOfficially removed from view
obfuscated · masked · scrubbed · sanitized · aggregated · generalized · cipher · cryptography
Kept out of sight
- maskedHaving face covered
- disguisedConcealed true identity
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
cloaked · blurred · camouflaged · concealed · shielded · covered · pixelated · censored
Without any designation
- facelessLacking identity or features
- unknownNot yet discovered
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
- unmarkedHaving no visible identification
incognito · aliased · unattributed · uncredited · unsigned · unacknowledged · impersonal · generic
Meant to stay secret
- protectedKept from harm
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- unlinkableCannot be joined together
- opt-outChoose not to participate
encrypted
Transformed into cipher
- hashedCut into pieces
- tokenizedSplit into meaningful units
- pseudonymizedMade traceable only indirectly
redacted · obfuscated · masked · scrubbed · sanitized · aggregated · generalized · cipher · cryptography · steganography
hidden
Kept out of sight
obscured · cloaked · blurred · camouflaged · concealed · shielded · covered · pixelated · censored · suppressed
nameless
Without any designation
- facelessLacking identity or features
- unknownNot yet discovered
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
unmarked · incognito · aliased · unattributed · uncredited · unsigned · unacknowledged · impersonal · generic · blank
confidential
Meant to stay secret
- protectedKept from harm
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- unlinkableCannot be joined together
opt-out · sanitized · scrubbed · stripped · cleansed · purged
- anonymizedpseudonymized, redacted, masked, censored, depersonalized
- puritypure, purity, pristine, spotless, spotlessness
- security levelsclassified, confidential, restricted, secret, top secret
anonymizedidentified
Determined the identity of
named · traceable · attributed · deanonymized · personalized
anonymize, anonymizing, anonymizes, anonymization, anonymizer